Burst of Colors

Welcome Whimsy friends to our Christmas in July Digital Instagram Hop ! We have a wonderful hop line up for you featuring Christmas images from Whimsy Stamps extensive Digital Collection. Get ahead with your Christmas crafting by starting your creating in July and hop to be inspired by the wonderful Whimsy Stamps Creative Teams. Join us for the hop and full details about the hop on the Whimsy Stamps IG site ! Be sure to leave a comment on each stop of the hop for the best chance of winning a wonderful prize from our Digital Collection valued at $50. We have an extra treat for everyone too, with a Sale running on all our Digital Collection during the hop. The sale starts July 25th and will finish, end of day, EDT, July 28th. No code needed; discount will be automatic. Happy hopping and happy shopping! Here is the card I created for this hop: Colored with Ohuhu Alcohol Brush Markers Color combinations used: Brown I: E380, E400, E430 Blue: MG20, MG30, MG60 Green: YG40,YG80, GY5, G300

Christmas in July! Whimsy's newest release just hit the store shelves today. These cute and fun Matchbox Mice Quick Card Fronts making it easy to create Christmas cards in a flash. For my first card I combined the cute NEW Matchbox Mice Christmas Quick Card Fronts with the NEW Holly Frame die set. I cut out the large frame from white glitter paper. Then I used the smaller rectangular die to cut out the Quick Card panel to fit in the larger holly frame. I decorated my card using the included bow and holly dies. The sentiment is included with the Quick Card Fronts and I cut it out using one of the Quick Strips dies. On my second card I used the large Holly Frame die and the smaller rectangle die to create a frame. I used Distress inks, Distress Oxide inks and Distress Spritzes with an ink smooshing technique to ink the Holly frame. To add more texture I sprinkled the inked frame with white acrylic paint. I added the frame to one of the QCF's, added the sentiment and a fe